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Personal info

Full name
WALLACE, Claude Daverne Jr
Date of birth
12 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi
Hometown
Houston County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
O-442871
Rank
Captain
Function
Company Commander
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Wardin, near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Claude D. Wallace (father)
Myrtle B. Wallace (mother)
Brown Wallace (brother)
Rebecca Ballow (wife)

More information

Captain Claude D. Wallace Jr. enlisted upon graduating from the University of Alabama in 1942 and had been overseas eleven months before he was killed.

When darkness fell, Wardin was attacked by German tanks. The house, where the command post of I Company was situated, was hit by a granate. Capt Wallace decided that it was better to evacuate and ordered everybody to move to safety. He tried to reach the borders of a little stream when he was hit by small arms fire.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives, The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge / Hugh M. Cole, Special Forces ROH, ww2-airborne.us, The battle at Wardin, Belgium / 501stpir.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, The Birmingham News 28 January 1945, University of Alabama - 1942